CENTENNIAL NEWS

Welcome Sunday!: Sunday September 7th at both campuses! Join us for Welcome Sunday worship followed by a ministry fair with small groups, volunteer opportunities, service projects, a photo booth, and even a raffle!
 
All Church Picnic & Game Day: Sunday, September 14th, 10am, Central Park. Join us for a day of church fun! We will have games, food, music, and fellowship. This is a great opportunity to have some fun as ONE church. Please note there will be NO WORSHIP SERVICE SEPTEMBER 14TH.

All Church Picnic & Game Day Volunteers Needed: September 14th, 10am-12pm, Central Park Roseville. We are so excited to be having an all church picnic the Sunday after Welcome Sunday! This will be a great chance to build some community and have some fun, but we need volunteers to help make it happen. Sign up for a volunteer slot either at the connection point or online! To sign up online you will need a realm account so reach out to amcclintock@centennialumc.org or jandeson@centennialumc.org to get a log in.

Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie |  dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.

Want to get involved? Contact: Randy Oelschlager rjjdo123@comcast.net

Children’s Handbell Choir: Thursdays, Beginning September 18th, 7pm, Roseville Campus Choir Room. Does your child love music and want to learn a new instrument? Come check out our relaunched children’s handbell choir! Joyful Ringers will begin rehearsals on Thursday, September 18 at 7pm in the Roseville choir room. This choir is aimed at children in grade 2 through 6, but if your child is younger or older and wants to learn to ring, we can definitely accommodate them. Please contact Susan Webster at susan@treecreek.com by September 11 to sign up.

UWF Welcome Back Potluck: Thursday, September 4th, 5:30pm, Roseville Campus Linden Court. Bring your favorite dish to pass and we will gather in Linden Court to enjoy a delicious meal & Fellowship  before we pause for a time of devotions by Laurie Resch & are introduced to this year’s Mission U topic by Mary Hopkins. Come and bring a friend. Pat Torgrimson 651-324-6181

Bible Study at St. Anthony Park: *starting up again Fall 2025
Sundays 9:30am before worship, in the fellowship hall downstairs. | St. Anthony Park campus |  Questions contact Alan O'Donnell, arodonnell@hotmail.com.
Bible Study at Roseville Campus: *starting up again Fall 2025
Wednesdays, 6:00pm, Asbury 1. Questions contact Mark Meyer m1meyer@protonmail.com 

Join a Team to Serve (not cook) One Meal Each Month to Project Home: Centennial’s Compassion Team is starting to recruit and organize teams to serve noon and evening meals on weekends to families experiencing homelessness at Interfaith Action’s Project Home. Project home is currently located Provincial House by St. Catherine University in St. Paul. In the coming few months Project Home will relocate to Energy Park Drive between Lexington and Snelling Avenue. You can sign up as an individual or as a group of 4-6 adults and youth, Centennial’s Compassion Team will work with individual sign ups to create teams with the goal of getting to know people from both campuses. It is most helpful to Project Home if teams, once formed, designate a regular schedule for volunteering, such as “first Saturday noon of the month.” It’s not necessary, but it is helpful. Interest Sign up are at the connect center or you can contact Compassion Team Member Betty Gumbrell bettygumbrell@outlook.com

Current Sermon Series - Still Waters: Listening, Resting, Returning: August 17th-31st. After a season of stepping away to rest and listen, we return to community not with all the answers, but with deeper questions and clearer hearts. This short sermon series invites us to consider how God meets us in the quiet places, how rest renews us, and how we return to the world with new eyes.

Star Words: As the Magi were led to Jesus by the guidance of a star, Star Words are spiritual focus words often distributed to congregations on Epiphany Sunday. These words are intended to inspire reflection, growth, and discernment throughout the year. [SIGN UP HERE] to receive prompts weekly for the year of 2025. If you did not receive a star word on January 5th and would like one email Pastor Jen | janderson@centennialumc.org  
or Pastor Whitney | wsheridan@centennialumc.org

Growing Through Loss Grief Series: Thursday evenings, September 18th-October 23rd, 6:45pm-9pm, St. Phillips Lutheran Church. This 6-week grief series provides an opportunity for individuals to obtain information and support for a variety of loss and grief issues. Each session begins with an educational presentation followed by small group meetings, with leaders who understand the grieving process. There is no cost to attend. Centennial is a part of the North Suburban Grief Support Coalition which sponsors this event. Brochures are available at the Connect Point and near the Care Notes in the narthex. Further information is available at www.growingthroughloss.org.

SAVE THE DATES - UWF: October 4th, 8:30am - 10:30am - Roseville Campus Parking Lot - Shred Right
October 4th & 5th, 8:30am - 10:30am - Roseville Campus Parking Lot - Alley Shoppe
Janet Folsom 612-396-9634. Pauline Richards 651-324-4655

Download the Centennial App!: A new way to connect with groups, find events, watch past worship services, and give all in once place. Look up Centennial UMC in the apple or android app store! [CLICK HERE]